To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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God gave me my money.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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